It is the desire of the hostess, Chancellor Angela Merkel is said to have been On the first night of their meeting, the state will listen to heads of the G20 Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with its “Ode to joy”.
Kent Nagano and the Philharmonic state orchestra of Hamburg, the Elbphilharmonie
If the heads of state and government of the 20 most important industrialised and emerging countries, on 7. June come together in Hamburg, they are posing first of all in front of the impressive backdrop of the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie.
After a dinner in the Small hall of the in January of this year, insiders magnificent building is then performed in front of invited guests: the Philharmonic state orchestra Hamburg and also plays under the direction of its chief conductor, Kent Nagano. The American conductor is also music Director of the city. In addition, the choir of the Hamburg music Staatsoper as well as the vocals Christiane Karg, Okka von der Damerau, Klaus Florian Vogt and Franz soloist-Josef Selig.
Program after Merkel’s taste
Ludwig van Beethoven
The choice of conductors should be done “on the Express wish of the Chancellor”, and the host of the G20 summit should have also taken influence on the program. This consists of a single work: the Symphony No. 9 of Ludwig van Beethoven.
The work contains in the final movement of Beethoven’s setting of Friedrich Schiller’s poem “Ode to joy”, which States “All men are brothers”. The piece is therefore to be understood as an appeal to the fraternization of the peoples, and draws the picture of a utopia of the art. Since 1972, Europe, it is anthem.
The closed idea is transferred from NDR Kultur live on the Radio. In addition, the channel offers a live stream on the Internet. In addition, the concert will be offered by stations of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in the world.
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